Week of December 16, 1990

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein threatens to make Tel Aviv his first target if war

breaks out in the Persian Gulf. Israel promises swift and terrible retribution for

any Iraqi attack.

with a rock while touring Jerusalem’s walled old city. “I know

the stone wasn’t meant for me because everyone likes me.”

Kotch bled slightly but stemmed the bleeding with a

handkerchief.

Lt. General Calvin Waller, deputy commander of all U.S.

forces in the gulf says that U.S. troops will not be ready to

mount an offensive by the Jan 15 U.N. deadline for Iraq to

leave Kuwait. Late arriving armored unites would not be combat ready for some

time, perhaps not until a month past the January 15 deadline.

Battling to hold the Soviet Union together, President

decide whether the nation’s constituent republics will

join to form a new federal state or break away.

Gorbachev warned that the Soviet Union’s very

existence is no imperiled.

In Houston, a man who appeared on “60 Minutes” to

expose odometer tampering by used car dealers has

his mobile home firebombed. The owner, Charles Vance, was away at the time.

Paul Newman’s food company says it’s sending 500 thousand bottles of its

lemonade to the U.S. troops stationed in Saudi Arabia for Christmas - about 2 for

each person.

Twenty-eight French masterpieces seized by the Nazis during World War II are

found in a cupboard at a Berlin museum. The paintings included works by Monet,

Renoir and Gauguin.

A Nissan 300-ZX loaded - $25,991.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the movie - is on sale for just $13.99.

Playboy now offers a new wakeup service - a one minute recorded wake-up call

from a Playboy Centerfold for $4. Messages include: “Good morning, sleepy

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head. Did you have a good rest?” “Come on, up and at ‘em. You’ll knock ‘em

dead today I’m sure.”

In sports - an auto crash takes the life of Chicago Bears rookie defensive tackle

Fred Washington.

On The Road” - Charles Kuralt, “Bo Knows Bo” -

Vincent Jackson & Dick Schaap.

TV ratings - Cheers (22.6), 60 Minutes (20.6), Monday

Night Football (18.2), A different World (18.2), Empty

Nest (18.1), The Cosby Show (17.7), In The Heat Of

The Night (17.7), Roseanne (17.5), The Golden Girls

(17.2), Unsolved Mysteries (16.9), Murder, She Wrote

(16.50, Designing Woman (16.4), LA Law (15.9),

Coach (15.8), Frank Sinatra Birthday Special ((15.6),

America’s Funniest Home Videos (15.4), Matlock

(15.3), Murphy Brown (15.0), Law & Order (14.4).

Wednesday Night TV - (CBS) Frosty The Snowman, Charlie Brown Christmas,

Jake And The Fatman, WIOU...(NBC) Unsolved Mysteries, Dear John, Christmas

In Washington...(ABC) Wonder Years, Growing Pains, Doogie Howser, Married

People, The Koppel Report.

CBS announces that “Good Sports” starring Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal will

replace “Doctor Doctor” on Thursdays beginning in January.

CBS signs an exclusive deal with the husband and wife team of Linda and Harry

Thomason, producers of their two most successful shows - Designing Woman

and Evening Shade. The deal calls for CBS to buy five series during the next 8

seasons with minimum orders of 13 episodes for each show.

and a producer for $28 million, claiming that they revealed

his identity after promising not to do so. Ober appeared on a

segment entitled “Telephone Terror” with woman who were

victimized by telephone harassment. The lawsuit said Rivera

called him Carl, and on at least two other occasions called

him Carl Ober - disclosed his occupation and place of

residence. The lawsuit also said that on at least four times,

Ober’s picture was shown with the words “made obscene

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phone calls” and Rivera called him a “sick person” who “verbally raped” woman.

Kathleen Meka (19), a bank robbery suspect in Palm Bay, Florida says that

Geraldo made her do it after she and her boyfriend watched a segment of

Geraldo Rivera’s TV show featuring thieves and were inspired to rob a bank.

They got away with stealing $2215, but Meka surrendered two days later. Her

boyfriend is still at large.

Two cable comedy channels merge - HBO’s Comedy Channel and MTV’s “HA!”

Each is a 24-hour operation and each has faced difficulties getting onto cable

systems due to a shortage of available channels. The Comedy Channel is

currently available in 8.5 million homes and HA! is currently available in 6.5

million homes.

Pop charts - “Because I Love You” -

Stevie B, “I’m Your Baby Tonight” -

Whitney Houston, “From A Distance” -

Bette Midler, “Something To Believe In”

- Poison, “Tom’s Diner” - DNA/Suzanne

Vega, “The Way You Do The Things

You Do” - UB40, “Freedom” - George

Michael, “So Close” - Hall & Oates,

“Stranded” - Heart.

Top albums - “Please Hammer Don’t

Hurt Em’ - MC Hammer, “To The

Extreme” - Vanilla Ice, “The Immaculate

Collection” - Madonna, “Mariah Carey” -

Mariah Carey” - I’m Your Baby Tonight”

- Whitney Houston, “No More Games” - New Kids On The Block.

Country- “I’ve Come To Expect It From You” - George Straight, “Unanswered

Prayers” - Garth Brooks

At the movies - “Home Alone” - McCauley Culkin, Joe Pesci

“Look Who’s Talking Too” - John Travolta, Kirstie Alley

“Edward Scissorhands” - Johnny Depp

“Dances With Wolves” - Keven Costner, Mary McDonnell

“Misery” - James Caan, Kathy Bates

“The Sheltering Sky” - Debra Winger John Maklovich

Week of December 16, 1990